When I started writing this column two years ago, I was still reeling, like a lot of people I know, from the death of the Empty Space Theatre.... More >>

Last fall, Charles Leggett showed up for the first rehearsal of ACT's new comedy by Steven Dietz, Becky's New Car. He and the rest of the cast... More >>

Drag is where theater and gender politics most clearly intersect. Men have been putting on dresses and makeup since the beginning of Greek drama,... More >>

Of all the dark stinky messes left by the departing Bush administration, perhaps the most distasteful is the legacy of the torture at Abu Ghraib,... More >>